By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Now that President Obama has acknowledged that the United States is, indeed, at war, the relevant questions are, “against whom and with what allies?” Mr. Obama said, “We are at war with al Qaeda.” Our allies include our Western-thinking coalition partners, of course. But our allies are also supposed […]
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Loretta Adams at home __________________________________________________________ By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—The life and business success of Loretta Hirschfeld Adams illustrate how advantageous a bilingual education can be, especially for those of us who live in the southwestern United States. Adams, who established and later sold a company of nearly 300 employees specializing in Spanish-language
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Jay N. Jacobson BOCA RATON, Florida — Last year I went to Washington for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Board of Advisors meeting. I was so impressed that in early December this year, my wife Lorita and I went back. It’s an amazing organization. They have instituted many programs that no
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Ha’aretz headlines an escalation. Some 20 rockets and mortars have been fired toward Israel in recent days, so far with no casualties and minimum property damage. Ten Palestinians have been killed in retaliations by the air force, and there has been damage to structures as well as the tunnels used to smuggle
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–As the number of American Muslim extremists allegedly involved in terror plots in the U.S. and abroad continues to grow, major Muslim-American organizations have publicly acknowledged the existence of a problem in their community and vowed to tackle it head on. But the initial effort to root out radicalization – announced by
Compiled by Gail Umeham San Diegans To Hear Dr. Philip L. Seman March 3 Southwestern Jewish Press February 19, 1954 Page 6 San Diego will have the privilege of hearing Dr. Philip L. Seman, who will speak on “300 Years of American Jewish Life” at the Jewish Community Center—3227 El Cajon Blvd., Wednesday evening, March
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Adventures in SD History, Middle East, USABy Max Sutton-Smolin CHICAGO–This fall, I was selected by the Northwestern University Fielder Hillel Center to travel to the island of Cuba in March 2010. This is a rare opportunity given the travel restrictions to Cuba however; approximately 30 Northwestern students will participate in this humanitarian aid and cultural exchange program. This will be the
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis and Palestinians are caught up in what nowadays is often called competing narratives. The Israeli story is that Jews have always lived in the land of Israel. Even the majority of them who don’t subscribe to the dogma that the land has been given to them by God point to
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Thursday announced that the remaining 216 of 1,327 insurance companies licensed in California have responded to his request to provide data on their investments with companies doing business with Iran’s nuclear, energy and defense sectors. Because all licensed insurance companies have now complied with the data call, the
DETROIT (WJC) –A man was taken off a Detroit-bound plane at Miami Airport after making anti-Semitic threats. According to a police report cited by US media, Mansour Mohammad Asad stood up as Northwest Airlines Flight 2485 was about to take off and shouted: “I am a Palestinian and want to kill all the Jews.” The
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (WJC)–James von Brunn, the 89-year-old white supremacist accused of killing a security guard at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, has died. He was wounded in the attack he perpetrated on 10 June 2009, when guards returned fire after he had gone on a shooting rampage. However, the cause of death
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USANEW YORK (Press release)–In a brief detailing the “serious threat” of armed violence by extremists and extremist groups, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that states retain the right to reasonably regulate the possession of firearms by those who practice and preach racial and ethnic violence. “We have placed
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged Wednesday in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit. Count one of the indictment
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USAThe holidays and their music, Part I By David Amos SAN DIEGO–In the last issue, I talked about the music we hear for the Christmas holidays, where Hannukah fits in (or doesn’t), and on the larger picture, the place of Jewish Music in the concert hall. While we accept with pleasure the presentation of non-Jewish religious
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